Mare Reproductive Cycles and Anxiety
Michelle Anderson
July 30, 2020
In mares, unwanted and nervous behaviors often get blamed on estrus. However, that’s often not really the cause. Dr. Jenny Biehunko explains.
Horse breeding from planning through foal care
In mares, unwanted and nervous behaviors often get blamed on estrus. However, that’s often not really the cause. Dr. Jenny Biehunko explains.
The Howard County facility has remained free of clinical signs and positive tests for more than 21 days.
A new study by French scientists suggests that allowing foals and their dams to wean at their own pace could be a more welfare-friendly breeding strategy than traditional methods.
What would be the best plan for handling a foal whose dam is being covered by a stallion?
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None of the 39 exposed horses developed equine herpesvirus during the monitoring period.
Potentially exposed horses are being monitored for fever and clinical signs.
The facility’s remaining horses have been free of clinical signs for three weeks.
Dr. Stephen Duren shares information about alfalfa’s calorie density and recommends how and when to feed it.
Here’s your update on neurologic equine herpesvirus-1 in Howard County.
Two additional horses exposed to equine herpesvirus-4.
The horse’s Kennebec County facility has been placed under quarantine.
Veterinarians are monitoring 27 exposed horses at the facility.
Thirty-nine additional horses have been placed under official quarantine after their potential exposure to equine herpesvirus.
Do you think horses are quick to get moving right after birth? Check out what they’re doing right after fertilization.
Every year horse owners across the United States and Canada whose mares have lost foals or whose foals have been orphaned turn to Facebook to connect with one another.
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